Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No clear winner: American’s JAC → DFW flights land within a few points of 7 in 10 on time whatever the hour.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	JAC	DFW	2h 55m	70%	2.4%	749	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Dallas-Fort Worth on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Dallas-Fort Worth is 1 h ahead of Jackson). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	JAC 07:00 → DEN 08:40UA 1978	1h 00m Denver	DEN 09:40 → DFW 12:48UA 355	4h 48m	87%	80%
Delta Details →	JAC 07:39 → SLC 08:55DL 4022 · flown by SkyWest	55m Salt Lake City	SLC 09:50 → DFW 13:33DL 2800	4h 54m	91%	76%
Delta Details →	JAC 13:15 → SLC 14:24DL 2282	3h 16m Salt Lake City	SLC 17:40 → DFW 21:24DL 2796	7h 09m	98%	73%
Delta + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails →	JAC 11:28 → SLC 12:45DL 4470 · flown by SkyWest	2h 56m Salt Lake City	SLC 15:41 → DFW 19:25F9 3278	7h 11m	98%	73%
United Details →	JAC 10:35 → DEN 12:30UA 5543 · flown by SkyWest	1h 15m Denver	DEN 13:45 → DFW 16:51UA 578	5h 16m	95%	70%
United + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	JAC 08:00 → LAX 09:31UA 2811	2h 44m Los Angeles	LAX 12:15 → DFW 17:34AA 1230	8h 34m	97%	67%
Delta Details →	JAC 08:35 → ATL 14:16DL 317	1h 57m Atlanta	ATL 16:13 → DFW 17:32DL 374	7h 57m	95%	67%
United Details →	JAC 13:42 → DEN 15:18UA 1717	3h 35m Denver	DEN 18:53 → DFW 21:59UA 1565	7h 17m	99%	67%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	JAC 13:43 → ORD 18:05AA 1974	1h 21m Chicago	ORD 19:26 → DFW 22:08AA 3544 · flown by Envoy	7h 25m	71%	48%
American Details →	JAC 15:39 → ORD 20:07AA 3282	52m Chicago	ORD 20:59 → DFW 23:32AA 2600	6h 53m	39%	17%
United Details →	JAC 08:00 → SFO 09:26UA 336	59m San Francisco	SFO 10:25 → DFW 16:08UA 2842	7h 08m	15%	9%

Same layover, different day-part

How often the first flight arrives too late to connect (45 min minimum), for one-ticket layovers of 45–80 minutes.

Morning

SLC · 55m · leaves 07:39 9%

DEN · 1h 00m · leaves 07:00 13%

SFO · 59m · leaves 08:00 85%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 50m · leaves 11:02 25%

DEN · 53m · leaves 16:23 50%

ORD · 52m · leaves 15:39 61%

Delays build through the day, so an afternoon first leg eats the layover. A short connection is fine early in the morning and a gamble later on.

Mixing airlines

One ticketMiss it and the airline rebooks you; bags go through. 45 min is enough.

Separate ticketsMiss it and you buy a new ticket. Re-check bags, clear security again: we require 90 min.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.

How these are worked out. Makes the connection: share of the last year’s flights where the first flight arrived with at least 45 minutes to spare (90 on separate tickets). Arrives on time: first flight not cancelled × connection made × second flight not cancelled and arriving within 15 minutes. Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON